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CWRU School of Medicine’s Akua Abrah earns Fulbright award to combat a common cause of infant mortality in Ghana
It only took an instant for all of Akua Abrah’s career ideas to shift. Peering into the eyes of an infant at an orphanage in Ghana, she tossed aside her aspirations of becoming a veterinarian—inspired by repeated viewings of Eddie Murphy’s Dr. Doolittle. Though she had yet to hear the word …
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January 15, 2025
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other critical daily tasks.
A new study of large existing patient datasets indicates genetic and demogra...
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January 15, 2025
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how specific protein regions contribute to breast cancer.
Their study, published recently in Nature, focuses on what is known as the estrogen receptor, a protein linked in previous research to the development of rough...
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January 14, 2025
National Institutes of Health awards $4 million to Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist will harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to more accurately predict...
January 14, 2025
A note from Stan Gerson and Pamela Davis
To our School of Medicine Community,
We are writing to share the sad news that renowned neurologist and longtime professor Robert Barry Daroff, MD, died Sunday, Jan. 12, at the age of 88.
Bob was a towering figure in th...
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January 14, 2025
National Institutes of Health awards $4 million to Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Houston Methodist
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January 13, 2025
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which affects about 200 million people worldwide and can result in legal blindness, impairs an area of the eye (retina) used for reading, driving and many other critical daily tasks.
A new study of large existing patient datasets indicates genetic and demogra...
January 13, 2025
The secret to understanding how to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s might be found in the structural function of the proteins linked to them. Amita Sahoo is among those working to gain new insights.
Sahoo, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve ...
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January 13, 2025
Throughout his career, Jerry Silver dreamt of restoring meaningful function to the millions of people with spinal cord injuries worldwide. His commitment to groundbreaking research in neuroscience and neural regeneration combined with his entrepreneurial spirit brought extraordinary discoveries to h...
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January 13, 2025
The secret to understanding how to treat diseases like Alzheimer’s might be found in the structural function of the proteins linked to them. Amita Sahoo is among those working to gain new insights.
Sahoo, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve ...
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January 10, 2025
The Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law will host a national forum for medical students to discuss the threats they may face that could interfere with their ability to properly care for their patients. These threats include retaliation by hospitals and other employer...